Biscuit package



May 31, 1932. c. LORBER 1,861,124

' Erscum PACKAGE Filed June v1, 1931 gar/6.1 Lorber j foiz zy Patented May 31, 1932 uiurr-zn STATESi PATENT OFFICE! I saunas LORBER, or LOUISVILLE, xnm'ucn Application filed J'une l, 1931. Serial No. 541,487.

This invention relates to ackaging and has special reference to pac ages for un-' cooked biscuits.

It is a well recognized factthat biscuits,

5 to be most palatable, must be served immediatel upon bein cooked.

It 1s also wel recognized that biscuit dough and the like may be prepared and raised ready for placing in the oven for cook- 1 ing a considerable time before being cooked if the prepared dough is kept in a refrigerator or other cold place in w ich the temperature is sufliciently low to inhibit further raising than happens during the primary is raising period.

One important object of the present invention is to provide a novel package for packing prepared dough of this character so that it may be shipped from the bakery to the reso tailer and sold to the consumer without handling.

A second important object of the invention is to provide an improved package for this purpose wherein the several biscuits will be 2 properly separated from each other.

A third important object of the invention is to provide an improved package for this purpose having a novel arrangement of par-1 titions designed to separate a sheet of dough into several biscuits as the dough rises, the sheet being left intact at its bottom portion.

A fourth important object of the invention is to provide an improved biscuit dou h package having a cover arranged to te escope on the lower part of body of the container as the dough rises whereby the telescoping of the top provides space for the increase in the size 0 the dough mass.

A fifth important object of the invention is to provide an improved arrangement of this character wherein the container is r0 vided with vent means for the escape 0 air during the raising ofthe dough, such vent means being automatically closed upon the dough being fully raised.

With the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter ap arent, the invention consists in general 0 certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated 4 and 5.

in the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and: M

Figure 1 is a perspective view, artly. broken away showing one form oft e device.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the sheet of dou h used in connection with the device 00 shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Fi re 1 but showing a slight modification o the first form.

Figure 4 is a lan view of a third and mod- N ified form of t e invention.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the form shown in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a plan view of a fourth form of the invention.

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 5 ShOWlIlg the fourth form. r

Figure 8 is a plan of a disk used between doug cakes in the form shown in Figures 1 In the embodiments of the invention shown a in Figures 1, 2 and 3 there is rovided' a carton having a flat, tray-like ody 10 and .a foldin or hinged cover 11. v a

In igure 3 there is also shown a series 3 of crossmi and interlocking partitions 1-2 dividingt ebody into a series of square compartments. These partitions are of the same height as the body and rest on the bottom thereof so that the top edges of the 35 4 partitions lie in the same plane as the top edges of the side walls of the body. The square compartments are each intended to receive a substantially square cake 13 of dough and are of such size that the dou h cake, when fully raised, will not overfill t e compartment. v

In theform shown in Figure 1-, partitions 14 are provided, which are also crossing and interlocking and the top edges of these partitions are also flush with the plane of the top edges of the side walls ofthe body 10. The partitions 14 are of less height than the tray, however, so that their bottom edges will lie spaced above the tray bottom when their top ed s are in proper position. In this form a ougli sheet is placed in the tray before the partitions are inserted and the dough sheet may be somewhat thicker than the distance between the bottom edges of the partitions and the tray bottom so that insertion of the partitions depresses the sheet along rectangular lines and partially divides the dough into biscuits, the batch being held together by the lines of dough beneat said partitions.

It is to placed in the container as soon as rolled out and is therefore thin and unraised as shown. This dough sheet will, however, raise after the package is closed. The tops of the partitions being flush with the top edges of the side walls of the container, the cover will, when closed, be'enga d by the partitions and .0 will hold thelatter dzwn so that the raising of thedough is confined to the compartments formed by the partitions.

In the form shown in Figures 4 and 5, the container has an inner tubular member 16 closed at its lower end. 'A similar member 17, closed at its upper end fits telescopically over this inner member and forms a top or cover therefor. Around the lower part of the bottom or inner member 16 is secured a band 18 having its upper portion ofl'set outwardly to form a channel for the reception of the edge of the member 17. In this form dough cakes 20 are packed in the bottom member, being separated, one from another by the interposed circular disks 21. When. lled the dough cakes and disks fill most or even all of the space in the lower member and as the dough rises the upper or cover member 17 slides upwardly on the member 16 and thus the necessary space for the risen dough is provided as indicated by dotted lines in'Figure 5.

In the form shown in Figures 6 and 7 a square tubular container 22 has a square cap or top 23 provided with a central vent be noted that the dough sheet is eficient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes ma be made in the form and construction 0 invention without de arting from the material spirit thereof. t is not, therefore, desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is desired to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

Havin thus described the invention, what is claime as new, is:

A container of the class described having a flat tray like body having upright edges and adapted to contain a sheet of dough, crossing and interlocked partitions removably fitting in said body and of less hei ht than the body and adapted to be inserts in the body with the lower edges of the partitions forced into the dough sheet and the upper edges of the partitions in the plane of the top of the tray sides, and a cover for the said container engaging the upper edges of the partitions when closed and holdin said partitions against rising under the in uence of rising dough in said container.

In testimony whereof I afiix my si ature.

CHARLES LOR ER.

opening 24. In this form the container 22 is partially filled with dough cakes 25 alternated with separating disks 26. In this form the container is filled to such point that the raising of the dough will just fill the container and bring the upper cake into contact with the top to close the vent opening, this opening permitting the air to escape as the dough rises.

In every form the various parts are coated and may be impregnated with a suitable moisture proofing of such nature that the dough will not stick thereto. For instance, a coating of parrafine or edible oil may be It will be noted that the disks 20 and 26 divide their containers, like the partitions 12 and 14, into separate compartments.

6| There has thus been provided a simple and 

